Study Abroad

Hey! It’s my last full day here in Beijing. What an experience it’s been. Day 26: the closing ceremony was this morning and as I mentioned earlier, I was selected to give a speech. It went really well! When the ceremony ended, many of the teachers, students and even the director of the international office […]

Good Morning! It’s final exam day. Day 25: I don’t know why I’m so nervous – but I am. Maybe because I feel like I should’ve retained more information than I did, and now I have to put it all out there and get graded on speaking a language I’ve only known for four weeks! […]

Greetings! This week is zooming by! We’re already halfway through. Happy Hump Day! Day 24: today was pretty laid back, as the week is winding down. Chelsea is my partner for the final exam, which is tomorrow. It’s an oral exam and we have to have a 2-3 minute dialogue completely in Chinese. Tomorrow is […]

Hello again! Day 23: at this point in the trip, you can tell everyone is ready to go. People are getting sick, and my teacher isn’t really teaching anymore. Veronica woke up with a sore throat and I woke up with a headache, again. We had to miss our morning class. We went to the […]

Good Evening! The week is winding down and every day seems pretty similar, to be honest. Day 22: Last night I had a headache and a stomachache, so I took some medicine and went to bed. When I woke up, I felt exactly the same. The pain was so bad, that I couldn’t get up […]

Hey hey! It’s officially the weekend and it’s officially one week until I go home! This weekend was very laid back, SO laid back that I have to combine the Saturday and Sunday blog posts together. Day 20: let’s start off with the fact that I didn’t get out of the bed until 1:30. I […]

Ni hao, friends! We’ve officially been on our last field trip, so you know this journey is coming to an end. Let me tell you, the trip was GREAT. Can you guess where we went? Day 19: I can now officially say I’ve climbed the Great Wall of China! What an experience. The temperature was […]

Hello! I’m readily counting down my days here and still trying to enjoy myself at the same time – what a task! Day 18: I always like Thursdays because we only have our morning class session, so we usually use that time to explore the city. After our morning session going over basic Chinese greetings […]

Ni hao!!! Day 17: I woke up a different kind of tired today. I was so glad that our field trip didn’t start until the afternoon because if it didn’t, I wouldn’t have the energy to go. Anyway, we visited the Summer Palace! Another attraction filled with beautiful temples, it never gets old. Plus they […]

And we’re back! I think there’s something about the two week mark that makes me anxious to go home, on any long-term trip, school, etc. Just an observation. Day 16: the storms are finally settling down and it’s supposed to be in the 90s for the rest of the week. Many of my family and […]

Another day, another blog! It seems like the weekends go back extremely quickly here. Like, wasn’t it just Friday? Day 15: as I said, the weekend is over so you know what that means – class. Class isn’t until 9:30AM but when you can’t sleep at night, 9:30 seems like the crack of dawn. The […]

I’m back again! This’ll be a pretty short post, because my day wasn’t too exciting as it usually is or may seem to be. Day 14: I’m still sleepy, so I slept a lot of the morning, into the afternoon. Inni and Funsho invited Veronica and I to lunch in the canteen, so we got […]

Good Evening! I’ve officially reached the two week mark. Two weeks down. Two weeks to go. Day 13: Veronica and I slept for most of the day because we were obviously exhausted from the night before. The only problem with that, is the fact that I missed two meals and I know that I’m losing […]

Welcome back to my blog! If you take nothing else from this travel blog, understand that when traveling, there will be ups and downs with every trip, that’s just life. That’s just travel life. Day 12: the day started off as any other Friday would – field trip day! It was in the forecast to […]

Hello! Welcome to another glimpse of a day in the life of an American as an international student in Beijing, China. Day 11: as always, my day began with class. We had another session on language. We learned how to talk about where we’re from, the directions and more descriptive words. We only had the […]

Hi! I’m still adjusting to the culture here and understanding that it’s nothing like at home. Day 10: Our teacher didn’t show up to class yesterday, so some of the Chinese students had one-on-one sessions with us, the international students. The problem was, there’s only about six of them and 20 of us. I never […]

Good morning, good morning! It’s yet another day here in Beijing, and I’m still in awe that I’m actually here! Day 9: yesterday was a fun day. As I said in my previous post, I’m still adjusting to the time difference, I was pretty tired for most of the day. In our morning and afternoon […]

Rise and shine! I find it very odd that I can go to bed at the same time on different days but wake up feeling exhausted on one morning and energized on the other. I guess I’m still trying to adjust to the time difference. Day 8: yesterday was tiring. I didn’t do much but […]

Hey friends! We’ve made it full circle: I’ve officially been here a week, and woooo, hasn’t it been an experience! Honestly, it feels like it’s been much longer, but I’m kind of glad it hasn’t been so I still have time to see and do things. Day 7: yesterday was one of those “I’m not […]

Good Morning! I’m having another morning like I was yesterday, so I’ll be going back to sleep after this is posted. Day 6: yesterday was a chill day. Chill as in laid back but also in reference to the weather LOL! Unfortunately, our first weekend here in Beijing, it rains. All week it was unbearably […]